What is 2/11 + 2/4?

Here's how you add

2

11

&plus;

2

4

Step 1

Can you add yet? Nope! The denominators don't match. We need a common denominator. So next we take both denominators and multiply them. Next, take each numerator and multiply it by the denominator of the other term.

So, we multiply 2 by 4, and get 8, then we multiply 11 by 4 and get 44.

Now for the second term. You multiply 2 by 11, and get 22, then multiply 11 by 4 and get 44.

We now have a new problem, that looks like this:

8

44

&plus;

22

44

Step 2

Since our denominators match, we can add the numerators.

8 &plus; 22 = 30

Answer:

30

44

Step 3

Now, do we need to simplify this fraction?

First, we attempt to divide it by 2...

Are both the numerator and the denominator evenly divisible by 2? Yes! So we reduce it: